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From what I've read, the output of the firing mechanism, which was really
only a large column of moving air, was fed directly into one of the existing
cylinders.
If you can get your hands on a copy of the original version of "The Flight
of the Phoenix", there's a scene where Jimmy Stewart (who had been a B-24
bomber pilot in WWII), is trying to start a cobbled-together aircraft with a
shotgun starter. He only has a limited number of shells; naturally, it
starts on the last one.
BTW: Did you know that ejection seats were once powered by cannon shells?
"Dick" <rwripper@prodigy.net> wrote in message
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> Was talking with some WW2 guys who remembered the use of 10 gauge shotgun
> shells to start an aircraft engine. I have seen several movies showing
> something but my question is how did it work? shell in seperate cylinder
> from pistons and how push crank over, etc??
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